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JOHN D BROPHY INVEN TOR.

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' ties have not been 55 The iPatenteel .lnly 3, 1934 TATE PAT T OFFICE 5' It is a more particular object of the invention to provide an inexpensive addition to the conventional package which will place the contents in a position where they may be easily withdrawn with minimum eifort. It is particularly well 16 adapted for cigarette packages and when used with such consists of an inexpensive cardboard insert which is added to the package when the cigarettes are initially wrapped.

Still another object of the invention is the pronovel cigarette package which will be inexpensive to manufacture and will provide means for protecting the cigarettes from damage while in the pockets of the user thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification prooeeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions 51 and combinations and arrangements of parts,

clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which latter shows embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a sealed cigarette package, the view showing in broken lines the position of the insert.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

central tier of cigarettes supported in this position by the insert.

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the insert blank, the view also showing in broken lines the position of the transverse crease lines.

Fig. 4.. shows a perspective of the insert after it has been formed and ready for insertion in the cigarette package.

The use of this insert does not affect the advantages inherent in the regular cigarette packcleanliness, and carrying facilitampered with and with the exception of increasing the length a slight amount, the exterior of the package is the same as before.

insert which is designated as 5 is shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 4. It includes an elongated blank made from relatively stiff though thin cardboard and includes a central or vertical portion 6 and an upper horizontal portion I hav- 55- ing a weakened transverse crease line 8 extending therebetween. In order to facilitate the easy manipulation of this horizontal or cover portion '7, the edges 9 thereof are preferably cut away. Another transverse crease line at the lower end of the central vertical portion 6 is shown at 10. The base portion of the insert, which is designated as 11, is provided with four crease lines 12 in spaced relation to each other. Prior to placing the insert into the package, as hereinafter de scribed, the lower portion of the blank is bent to the position shown in Fig. 4 wherein an upwardly extending horizontal ridged portion 13 is provided in the center of the base portion.

The container is one of conventional construction and includes an outer covering 15 which is sealed in the upper end thereof by means of a revenue stamp 16. The inner portion, which is designated as 17, is generally a composite of paper and tinfoil. Within the inner portion of the container. the insert 5 is placed prior to the introduction therein of the cigarettes, which are designated as 18. It will be obvious that the central raised portion 18 of the blank 5 provides a slightly elevated base for the central tier of cigarettes.

In order to protect this central tier prior to the removal of the cigarettes the horizontal or cover portion 7 rests upon the upper ends of the cigarettes in this tier, as shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to remove the first cigarette in the package, the upper end thereof is opened and the cover portion 7 raised, thereby presenting the central tier of cigarettes in a convenient position for removal without distorting the package or the cigarettes.

It will be appreciated that the central vertical portion 6 of the insert provides additional rigidity to the package thereby protecting the cigarettes from damage while in the pockets of the user.

The hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore, it is the wish not to be limited to the precise arrangements shown and described, which are as aforesaid, by way of illustration merely. In other words the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a container for cigarettes and the like, an elongated blank having a plurality of transverse crease lines therein, one of said crease lines being adjacent to the upper end of said blank to form a cover portion, the crease lines at the lower end of said blank being arranged to form a centrally disposed raised portion which normally provides an elevated base for the central tier of cigarettes.

2. In combination with a container for cigarettes and the like which is substantially rectangular in horizontal sections, a portion positioned longitudinal in the lower end thereof to normally elevate the center tier of cigarettes.

3. In combination with a substantially rectangular container for cigarettes and the like, a member positioned within said container for elevating the central tier of cigarettes to facilitate removal and for protecting the upper ends of the cigarettes in said center tier, said member comprising a rectangular blank having a plurality of transverse lines of fold at opposite ends thereof, a plurality of said lines of fold at the lower end of said blank being arranged to form a centrally disposed raised portion to permanently maintain the central tier of cigarettes in a raised position, a line of fold at the upper end of the blank to provide an inwardly bent portion which engages the upper ends of the cigarettes in said central tier.

4. In combination with a substantially rectangular container for cigarettes and the like, means for elevating the central tier of cigarettes to facilitate removal and means for protecting the upper end of the cigarettes in said central tier, said means including an elongated blank having a plurality of transverse lines of fold at opposite ends thereof, a plurality of said lines of fold at the lower end of said blank being arranged to form a centrally disposed raised portion to normally maintain the central tier of cigarettes in a raised position, a line of fold at the upper end of the blank, thereby providing an inwardly bent rectangular portion which engages the upper end of said central tier of cigarettes.

5. In combination with a substantially rectangular container for cigarettes and the like, means for elevating the central tier of cigarettes to facilitate removal and for protecting the upper ends of the cigarettes in said center tier, said means including an elongated blank having a plurality of transverse lines of fold at opposite ends thereof, a plurality of said lines of fold at the lower end of said blank being arranged to form a centrally disposed raised portion to maintain the central tier of cigarettes in a raised position, a line of fold at the upper end of said blank to provide a cover portion, each end portion of the blank having cut-away portions along its longitudinal edges to facilitate inserting the blank.

JOHN D. BROPHY. 

